7.7/10288 votesLoading...#1 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1982
Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.
Director: Ray Austin
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
7.7/1038 votesLoading...#2 - Mourning Becomes Matuka
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/1/1983
Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jay Huguely
7.6/1045 votesLoading...#3 - The Late Sarah White
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/1982
Jake and Corky fly to the Philippines to explore the reports of Sarah's death while on a mission involving MacArthur.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff
7.5/1046 votesLoading...#4 - Last Chance Louie
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1983
Louie is sentenced to the guillotine for murder, and his only defense is an old story he doesn't want to get out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1081 votesLoading...#5 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1982
Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.
Director: Ray Austin
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
7.4/1044 votesLoading...#6 - High Stakes Lady
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/1983
Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
7.4/1042 votesLoading...#7 - Naka Jima Kill
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1983
An ambitious newswoman tricks Jake into flying her to Princess Kogi's island for an interview with the Japanese defense minister, a recent target for assassination.
Director: N/A
Writer: Andrew Schneider
7.4/1043 votesLoading...#8 - A Distant Shout of Thunder
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/1983
Sarah is used as a scapegoat by an island revolutionary who accuses her of removing a sacred statue from a cemetery on the island.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1043 votesLoading...#9 - Force of Habit
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1983
An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1057 votesLoading...#10 - Legends Are Forever
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1982
A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1050 votesLoading...#11 - Honor Thy Brother
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1982
Jake is followed by the brother of a Japanese pilot he shot down while he was still a Flying Tiger in China, and Corky struggles to avoid a prearranged marriage.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: N/A
7.0/1049 votesLoading...#12 - Once a Tiger...
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1982
Jake leads the search for a downed plane flown by a former Flying Tiger transporting a prototype gunsight of interest to the Japanese.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: N/A
7.0/1044 votesLoading...#13 - God Save the Queen
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1983
Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1041 votesLoading...#14 - Boragora or Bust
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/1983
Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.
Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: N/A
6.9/1068 votesLoading...#15 - Shanghaied
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1982
Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: N/A
6.9/1054 votesLoading...#16 - Escape From Death Island
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1982
Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
6.8/1066 votesLoading...#17 - Black Pearl
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1982
Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Paul Savage
6.8/1050 votesLoading...#18 - Trunk From the Past
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1982
Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: N/A
6.8/1041 votesLoading...#19 - Cooked Goose
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1983
A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jay Huguely
6.7/1046 votesLoading...#20 - The Sultan of Swat
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1983
Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1049 votesLoading...#21 - The Lady and the Tiger
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1982
Jake is shot down and rescued by an Amish widow and her son, who hide him from the Japanese occupying their island.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/1048 votesLoading...#22 - Ape Boy
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1983
Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Andrew Schneider
The Best Episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey
Every episode of Tales of the Gold Monkey ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey!
In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-jinx,...
Genre:Action & Adventure
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)" is the best rated episode of "Tales of the Gold Monkey". It scored 7.7/10 based on 288 votes. Directed by Ray Austin and written by Donald P. Bellisario, it aired on 9/22/1982. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mourning Becomes Matuka".